Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:04:17 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc Message-ID: <2ba9c615d1d6f66e65590e84a0c91458@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <c948e207-9976-c229-9970-a4a61ff743b2@columbus.rr.com> References: <20171004161649.GA51883@mail.michaelwlucas.com> <59D546FD.30906@gmail.com>, <c948e207-9976-c229-9970-a4a61ff743b2@columbus.rr.com>
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 15:54:32 -0400 Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> wrote > On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > Here's my take on that. > > > > The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 > > years ago with their development of a better pkg system. > > > > [putolin] > > > Don't let the few old school die hearts who are afraid of any change and > > make the most noise influence you. There will always be edge case user > > who think their needs out weight what is best for the group. > > So what you are really saying is Go to hell old farts we don't need you > here. We are not going to listen to you as you are too old to know > anything. You are old and stupid. > > It is looking like I will need to move away from FreeBSD if that is > really what is being accomplished here. Honestly. That statement irritated me, as well. Who is Ernie to act as the FreeBSD spokesman, and for what's best for FreeBSD as a whole. :( > > > > > Remember that your updated book will become a bible for many years and > > many readers. Don't include items that are now on the edge of being > > replaced. > > > > Another candidate is JAILsĀ IE: the old way of jail definition was in > > rc.conf the new way being jail.conf. The jail.conf method was > > introduction was at RELEASE 9.0 and here its 11.1 and still the old > > school users fight to retain both ways. Hoping that with 12.0, support > > for jail definition in rc.conf will be totally removed. > > > > One last though. The problem with the Freebsd handbook is that it reads > > like a list of reminder notes. The reader is expected to already have a > > well defined understanding of the subject being read about. The past 2 > > years a great amount of effort has gone into bring the handbook up to > > date with the current status of the operating system. But it is a very > > far cry from a teaching aid. > > > > Please take the time to rework the original "Absolute FreeBSD" content > > into something that is usable as a teaching book. You must assume that > > the only thing the reader knows about Freebsd is how to spell the word > > Freebsd and build the content from there. > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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